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After the battle: Rebuilding Marawi
Five months of battle reduced most of the Islamic City of Marawi to rubble. The battle to roust Daesh-inspired bandits from the country’s only Muslim-majority city resulted in devastation from aerial bombing, artillery and the urban combat of door-to-door fighting.
From May 23, 2017...
Insurance is financial protection for the ordinary Filipino
Attention to detail. That’s one of the many things, Commissioner Dennis B. Funa, the head of the Insurance Commission, focuses on, especially with the huge amount of paperwork that he has to deal with every day.
Funa told the Philippines Graphic during an interview...
Unsafe and unsound insurance practices defined
Insurance companies engaging in “unsafe” and “unsound” practices will be probed, or else, fined, according to the rules issued by the Insurance Commission.
Insurance Commissioner Dennis B. Funa signed Circular Letter No. 2017-59 defining the term “unsafe business acts or practices” of insurance companies,...
Sculpting heaven
National Artist Napoleon V. Abueva, both the youngest National Artist awardee (named so when he was 46) and the Father of Modern Philippine Scuplture, is en route to heaven. He leaves behind a treasure trove of his work for a nation that grieves...
Manila, Beijing hold second bilateral talks over South China Sea row
Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war.”
This quote attributed to the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill can probably best describe the continuing talks between Manila and Beijing over their row in the South China Sea.
In Manila’s eyes, Beijing has illegally claimed...
Chinese military strategy in a nutshell
Active defense.
Those two words are the essence of the Communist Party of China’s military strategic thought, according to the official Chinese defense white paper released publicly three years ago.
The document, which outlined the defense strategy of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was...
